Rolf Czurda

Rolf Czurda (22 May 1899-) was an SS Obersturmfuehrer who served as the SS and Police Leader of Krakow, Poland during World War II.

Biography
Rolf Czurda was born on 22 May 1899 in Haida-Sued, Sudetenland, Austria-Hungary, and he became the 359,504th member of the Nazi Party. In 1940, he was commissioned as an SS officer, and he was sent to Danzig before being promoted to the rank of Obersturmfuehrer on 20 April 1941. In 1943, Czurda became the head of police in Krakow, Poland, and he was frequently bribed by industrialist Oskar Schindler, who used his friendship with Czurda to advance his enamelware business. In January 1945, he was posted to Prague in Czechoslovakia, his final assignment. His fate after the war is unknown.